A human skeleton discovered a few inches below street level in Rome. A discovery that may be considered macabre in other latitudes. Not in this case, because the road in question is located in the Appia Antica park, which gets its name from the Regina viarum. The finding occurred in front of the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella and was made possible by remodeling work in the Church of San Nicola. In conjunction with two circular metal buckles, an intriguing discovery was made during the excavation for the lighting line's passageway: a well-preserved human skeleton was exposed along the outer wall of the main facade. Now comes the most difficult part for archaeologists: determining the age of the discovered remains. In 1303 the church of St. Nicholas, a monument to Cistercian Gothic architecture in Rome, was consecrated. Its history is interwoven with that of the noble Caetani family, who purchased a great estate on the Via Appia Antica in the early fourteenth century via the intercession of Pope Boniface VIII, where the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella was certainly already existing. Capo di Bove subsequently became a fortified settlement, a "castrum," owing to the construction of Francesco Caetani, who erected a wall, defensive towers, a noble castle, and several residences in addition to the church.